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Saturday, 25 October 2008

October Offering

This time last year I made a beautiful golden jar full of what I thought was Quince Brandy. The fruits which I preserved in the brandy were these ones pictured above. They looked beautiful sitting on the shelf and I could hardly wait till Christmas eve to try a tipple. It was horrible! Because, of course, these aren't quinces or not the right sort, at any rate. They are the fruits of my japonica bush and I believe they are called Japanese quinces. They're probably not even edible! They are pretty though and they smell lovely in a bowl on the windowsill.

I haven't written my blog for so long - blame school and everything else in between! Now it's half term and I hope to get back in the swing of writing and of knitting, too. The February Lady Sweater is taking a long time to knit - as you can see from this picture I haven't made a great deal of progress.

My mother is coming to stay over half term, so hopefully there will be time to sit and chat and knit. We may need to make a little knitting-related excursion together, so that she can have a project to work on too.

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October Offering

This time last year I made a beautiful golden jar full of what I thought was Quince Brandy. The fruits which I preserved in the brandy were these ones pictured above. They looked beautiful sitting on the shelf and I could hardly wait till Christmas eve to try a tipple. It was horrible! Because, of course, these aren't quinces or not the right sort, at any rate. They are the fruits of my japonica bush and I believe they are called Japanese quinces. They're probably not even edible! They are pretty though and they smell lovely in a bowl on the windowsill.

I haven't written my blog for so long - blame school and everything else in between! Now it's half term and I hope to get back in the swing of writing and of knitting, too. The February Lady Sweater is taking a long time to knit - as you can see from this picture I haven't made a great deal of progress.

My mother is coming to stay over half term, so hopefully there will be time to sit and chat and knit. We may need to make a little knitting-related excursion together, so that she can have a project to work on too.